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Of Fusion Crusts and Strewn Fields: Science Channel’s “Meteorite Men” Make an Impact

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

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PHOTO CREDIT: Photograph by Caroline Palmer © Aerolite Meteorites www.aerolite.org

Join us Sunday, March 7 at 9pm EST (March 8 at 0200 UTC), for a special AFM*Radio presentation featuring Geoffrey Notkin of the Science Channel’s Meteorite Men!

In a pre-recorded interview, we speak with Geoff about all things Meteorite Men, including how the show came to be, some surprising results of the show, and his remarkable fourteen-year friendship with Meteorite Men co-host, Steve Arnold.  Geoff also discusses some of world’s more fascinating impact sites, the intricacies of meteorite hunting,  and his own passions for science, meteorites, and music.

If you aren’t able to make the original airing at 9pm EST, you can catch one of the AFM*Radio replays at midnight, 3am, 6am, 9am, noon, 3pm, or 6pm (EST).  You can also listen to the podcast version, posted above.

For your pre-show enjoyment, the following list includes links for the websites, magazine, and book mentioned during the interview:

Meteorite Men website

Meteorite Men on Discovery’s Science Channel website

Meteorite Men on Twitter

Meteorite Men on Facebook

Meteorite Men on Quest tv in the UK

Geoffrey Notkin’s Aerolite website

Geoffrey Notkin’s Guide to Meteorite Identification

Geoff Notkin’s Geology.com column, Meteorwritings

Geoff Notkin’s review of Christopher Cokinos’ book, The Fallen Sky

Christopher Cokinos’ book, The Fallen Sky (available in hardcover and e-book formats)

E.P. Grondine’s book, Man and Impact in the Americas, at Amazon.com

E.P. Grondine’s book, Man and Impact in the Americas, signed and half-priced!

The Tricottet Collection’s Nininger Legacy Exhibit

H. H. Ninger’s books, available through Amazon.com

The Meteorite Magazine website

NorthEast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) website

NEAF Tweetup Attendees List (contact @CraftLass to have your name added)

Glossary of Meteorite Terms

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We’re Looking at (and counting) Stars!

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Spring is just around the corner, and so, too, is that time when we get outside and count the stars!

How many stars can you see in your sky?

All across the world, one of the greatest frustrations for astronomers is light pollution.  But did you know that light pollution affects more than our views of the night sky?  Irresponsible outdoor lighting not only threatens dark skies, it has been linked to dramatic adverse effects on nocturnal wildlife and plants and serious behavioral disorders and physical diseases, including cancer, in humans.  And, of course, we all know that irresponsible lighting wastes energy and our hard-earned dollars.

The preservation of dark skies is important for many reasons, including astronomy, wildlife, human health, and energy conservation.

Globe at Night is an annual international campaign to raise awareness about light pollution.   This event is as simple as counting stars, but it is an effort that requires the participation of citizen scientists like you.

Join the Globe at Night campaign this month, anytime between March 3rd through March 16th, to make your count, count!  Visit the Globe at Night website for activity packs, instructions for recording your observations, and printable community flyers and postcards.  You can also visit the Dark Skies Awareness website to learn more about the negative impacts of light pollution and what you can do to effect responsible lighting around your home, your neighborhood, and even in your town.

So, what are you waiting for?  Get outside, look up, and count the stars in your sky!

* Tune in to AFM*Radio, March 3 – March 16, for the audio version of this post.  AFM*Radio will also feature a special Night Sky Network presentation, Globe at Night, by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory’s Connie Walker, on March 4 and March 5.  Check the Astronomy.FM radio page for “AFM*AstroClass” air times.

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In the Homestretch – the Race for Space!

Monday, February 1st, 2010

The 2nd Annual Shorty Awards has reached the crucial vote-off stage. If you didn’t participate in the nominations, now, more than ever, is the time to make your vote count!

This stage runs only five days, from February 1 through February 5, so head on over to the Shorty site to cast your votes for Space.  All original nominations count as votes, so if you already voted for one of the finalists in the nominations stage, you don’t need to vote for them again in this finalists round.  If you haven’t yet voted, please do!  You can vote for more than one finalist in each category, but only once per finalist per category.  Below, are the Space finalists, linked directly to their respective categories.

P.S.  The #education category for which I was nominated did not make it into the official categories, so I am not a finalist.  Thank you, so much, to all who voted for me in the nomination round; and congratulations to finalists NASA, Twitter ISS Alerts, Jen Scheer, and Newbury Astronomy – Go #Spacetweeps!

NASA in #government … Vote Here

twisst (Twitter ISS Alerts) in #science … Vote Here

FlyingJenny (Jen Scheer) in #science  … Vote Here

NewburyAS (Newbury Astronomy) in #science … Vote Here

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